John Cordts

John Cordts, 2010. Copyright Vince Howlett, 2010. Used with permission.

Born:

23 Jul 1935Hamburg, Germany

Nationality:

Canada

Grands Prix:

1 (1969)

Born in Germany, then moved to Sweden, before settling in Ontario, Canada. Still alive and living in Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Still bikes and rides around the island, even though he will be 80 in 2015. This despite a brief bout of ill-health that slowed him down temporarily around 2009. He is locally best known for his woodcarving and not for his racing, which as well as a Grand Prix, included Can-Am and Trans-Am. Wrote his autobiography in 2007.